tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71547669841165778892017-07-29T10:16:54.390+01:00Gluten-free Dairy-free Mama UKI've been gluten-free and lactose-free (and oat-free) for 9 years now. Look here for advice on eating out, brand foods and recipe ideas. Also check out the pages on food preparation and Yes/No foods if you are catering for someone with these food intolerances. There's still a wealth of food out there to be enjoyed!...Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-32235436382700529372017-05-06T13:39:00.000+01:002017-05-06T13:39:04.830+01:00Aha! NRCDInteresting article in this month's edition of crossed grain magazine, talking about non-responsive coeliac disease (NRCD). This may explain why some of us continue to have symptoms and gut damage eating "gf foods" that contain wheat starch, sugars, barley malt and gf oats. For those of us who have to follow a "supersensitive gf diet" its a massive frustration that barley malt is not labelled on Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-83992113749970479892016-10-21T16:16:00.001+01:002016-10-21T16:16:47.926+01:00New gluten detection testsShort article on new tests for gluten detection. So if you think you're reacting to "gf" starch or other wheat derivatives, looks like it might be because its not as low in gluten as previously thought! Worrying!
http://www.thezeroglutenbaker.com/home/2016/10/13/new-test-improves-detection-of-gluten
Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-43429079667094601572016-01-03T12:19:00.001+00:002016-03-17T07:10:49.729+00:00Freefrom food still making you ill?...If you're one of those Celiac's who can eat codex wheat products, gluten free oats, uses toaster bags in a normal toaster, and eat foods that say "may contain gluten" with out any long term health problems.....well I'm happy for you, but this blog is not for you!
I've had a difficult year regarding gluten and discovering i need to be careful about what i even put on my skin, from shampoo and Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-5402664707024922922015-08-02T17:42:00.001+01:002015-08-02T19:32:49.330+01:00Aromatic Hoisin SauceOkay so i wanted to have aromatic peking duck flavour without actually going to the trouble of making a peking duck (or trying to find a gf pre-made one). Making an aromatic sauce for roasted duck legs is a good compromise:
Basic Hoisin
8 tbsp GF soy sauce
2 heaped tbsp smooth peanut butter
2 tbsp honey or molasses
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tbsp sesame oil
1/4 tsp garlic powder (or grated cloveGluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-17518425228452205392015-07-21T12:54:00.001+01:002016-01-20T18:45:26.088+00:00Quiche pastryBoth these pastries will need to be blind baked as per usual for a quiche.
I roll this first pastry out between two sheets of baking parchment. It is more delicate than wheat pastry and cracks more easily while handling, so take care. That said, the gram flour makes it hold together and taste better than pastry made using only "plain" whit gf flours.
2 cups gf plain flour
1/2 cup gf chickpea Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-50027888469451339962015-05-26T08:51:00.001+01:002015-05-26T08:51:39.161+01:00honey and lemon cookies
150g Margarine
150g soft brown sugar
6 tbsp set honey
3 tbsp lemon juice
Zest of 1-2 lemons
400g GF flour
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp GF baking soda
Melt the marg, sugar and syrup gently in a little saucepan until combined. Mix dry ingredients in a bowl and add in the syrupy mixture. Mix thoroughly and leave dough to cool slightly in the fridge (15 mins) or freeze as a log, wrapped in baking Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-53401990485916885542015-05-19T19:36:00.001+01:002016-01-20T18:54:21.212+00:00Mug cake/cookie for one *update*There are loads mug cake recipes all over the internet, but personally i think egg whites cooked in the microwave taste weird and many of my attempts either overcooked or undercooked or simply exploded out of the mug!
After a bit of trial and error, here's a good basic recipe to try:
2 tbsp marg
2 tbsp sugar
1 egg yolk
3 tbsp plain gf flour
1 tsp choc chips
Beat together in mug with a fork.
Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-73435741922550783062015-05-03T15:42:00.002+01:002015-05-03T15:42:39.103+01:00Home-made noodles/pasta
Why not use your sev maker to make pasta too!
6oz gf plain flour3oz gf gram flour1 tsp salt1 tsp psyllium husks (or xanthum)
1 egg + 2 yolks3 tbsp water3 tbsp olive oil
Mix dry and wet ingredients separately and then mix together in a large bowl. Knead until well combined. Divide dough into 2.
Place lump of dough into sev maker and extrude into a large pan if Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-11407464741190879672015-05-03T15:32:00.002+01:002015-05-03T15:36:19.007+01:00Bombay mix
This recipe is for making the crispy noodle things you get in bombay mix (sev). You'll need a sev/noodle maker for this but theyre cheap (£10ish) and really easy to use.
1 cup gf plain flour
2 cups gf gram flour (like doves farm chickpea flour)
a pinch turmeric
1 tsp chilli
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp asafetida
black onion seed (optional)
Water - enough to make a stiff dough (approx 1/2 cups)
Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-26601758428169183852015-05-03T14:51:00.001+01:002015-05-03T15:22:06.593+01:00Gingerbread
I adapted my bourbon biscuit recipe from this gingerbread one. This works really well for making gingerbread houses at Christmas as the biscuit is quite crispy once it has cooled.
150g Margarine
150g soft brown sugar
6 tbsp golden syrup
400g GF flour
2 tsp ginger
1 tsp GF baking soda
Melt the marg, sugar and syrup gently in a little saucepan until combined. Mix dry ingredients in aGluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-46271614343843081062015-04-30T11:33:00.003+01:002015-05-03T18:51:17.195+01:00Bourbon BiscuitsI've adapted a great gingerbread recipe to make bourbons, which are my go to biscuits for my boys when I want to avoid buying too many expensive ones in the freefrom aisle. The dough is easy to roll with just a corn floured rolling pin, so it is also a good recipe for the kids to help with - although don't chill the dough for too long as it will make it harder to roll out.
150g Margarine
150g Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-49957545513415732382015-01-21T21:28:00.004+00:002016-04-29T11:34:35.566+01:00Sensitive Coeliacs!!Okay so for those of you who are completely baffled after diagnosis about what is actually gluten free, hopefully I can help to clarify:
In Europe anything that shows 20 ppm (parts per million) or less of gluten in tests can be labelled gluten free. This includes foods containing barley malt extract, "gluten free" oats, wheat starch, wheat fibre, wheat derived dextrose and wheat derived glucose Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-15357273256987167502014-06-07T21:48:00.001+01:002014-06-07T21:48:25.810+01:00Sheep/Goats CheeseIf you are lactose intolerant and don't tolerate cow's cheeses well (common symptoms are itchiness, eczema, acne, asthma), you may still find you are ok with low lactose sheep or goats cheeses. Look for hard varieties that have a carb/sugar content lower than 1 % marked on the nutritional info panel on the packet. Tesco usually have a good of range of these and the pecorino romano is a Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-24738482159646936472014-05-29T08:20:00.001+01:002015-04-30T14:16:12.358+01:00Vegan Cheese RecipeI found quite a few recipes on buzz feed to try that look amazing:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/vegan-cheeses-that-will-make-you-forget-about-the-real-th
Some use nutritional yeast flakes for flavour which I have no idea if they are GF (but I assume not). I suggest replacing those with half a stock cube and/or a tsp yeast for that umami flavour.
The easiest recipe I think is the "Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-91305874184569775822014-04-17T17:50:00.004+01:002014-04-17T18:20:00.565+01:00fruit and nut bars
2 cups nuts (e.g. 1 cashew, 1/2 walnut, 1/2 brazil)
1 tsp chia seeds (optional)
5 tsp cocoa
50g soft dates (de-seed them)
2 tbsp apple juice
Food process the nuts and seeds until they are fine crumbs, then add the cocoa an blitz again. Now add the dates and apple juice a bit at a time and blend until finely chopped (you may have the odd small chunk, but it doesn't matter.
Spread the mix into aGluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-58823844441871779962014-02-11T10:34:00.002+00:002014-02-11T10:41:11.564+00:00Lentils, Polenta etc...
"Other Information
Warnings: Wheat and other cereal grains may occasionally be found in this product due to
the way that lentils are grown and harvested."
Lentils and Polenta (coarsely milled corn) should be gluten free and suitable for a coeliac diet, but due to the way it is either harvested or packaged this is often not the case. I'm avoiding it altogether at the moment because I've Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-41719236182450264292014-02-10T18:38:00.000+00:002015-01-21T22:06:21.645+00:00How to use your Cuk DirectorySo you may be wondering what is this Cuk Food and Drink Directory. Well, it's a list of free from prescription and non-prescription foods AND (more importantly for me) normal branded and supermarket foods that not only do not contain gluten but where the manufacturer has taken measures to avoid cross-contamination with wheat/barley/rye,oat products.
It used to be a paper book published yearly, Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-38428046049457375162013-11-28T18:48:00.000+00:002013-11-28T18:48:01.104+00:00BBQ Sauce recipe
2 cloves garlic, grated or crushed
2 tbsp brown sugar
8 tbsp tomato ketchup
4 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
4 tbsp GF soy sauce
2 tsp chinese 5 spice
2 tsp colmans mustard powder
This is such a great recipe and easy to do. I cook ribs or chicken drumsticks straight in the sauce in the oven. If cooking chicken, you'll find the sauce is a little watery when the chicken is cooked through, but Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-8984239731030570782013-10-30T21:07:00.001+00:002013-10-31T19:46:45.478+00:00GF Mama tipsOne of the difficulties of GF cooking when you're a mummy of small children has to be the lack of cooking shortcuts that gluten food products afford. No cous cous, no fancy shop bread or tortillas for quick sides , no pasta you don't have to continuously stir, no ready made puff or shortcrust pastry, no supernoodles with sauce included.....I could go on and on!! At least you can now get GF Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-56749197754294908812013-06-20T09:36:00.003+01:002015-04-30T14:25:43.389+01:00Flours updateWhen I started on gluten-free eating years ago I greatly resisted having a cupboard full of different pots of flour where I once only had one (wheat). But over time I've settled into which gluten free flours are good to use for what.
**********update****************
I don't know if it's the effect of the recession hitting smaller firms/co-operatives or what, but I've been finding it harder and Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-87976558185638353932013-05-13T17:45:00.002+01:002013-05-13T17:45:26.799+01:00DF smoked cheeseLoving the new "soya smoked" from tescos.
That is all.
Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-40602340575601933562013-04-13T18:34:00.002+01:002013-04-13T18:34:47.530+01:00What's up with Gluten?Great video doc from Canada on coeliacs and gluten sensitivity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DiZMywscWZs#!Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-18856035728499235752013-03-26T19:32:00.002+00:002013-03-26T19:42:07.006+00:00Creamy chicken and potato bakeYum. Tonight's dinner, served with homemade mustard seedy soya bread:
Fry some pancetta/streaky bacon in a casserole dish with some garlic, onion, diced potatos (1 cm pieces), and leeks and chicken thighs (squash, peas or broad beans also go well). Add chicken stock until the veg is covered and a little cream (i used soya), a few whole black peppercorns and some dried marjoram. bake in Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-2648142526465367112013-01-19T12:25:00.000+00:002013-01-19T12:42:10.180+00:00Banana choc Ice-cream Recipe
3 ripe bananas, sliced and frozen for 1-2 hrs
2-3 tbsp honey
2 tsp cocoa
(2-3 tbsp soya milk) optional
Place the banana and cocoa in your blender and pulse until you have a frozen crumby looking mixture.
Add the honey and blend until you have a smooth creamy texture, stopping to scrape down the sides frequently. Depending on the ripeness of your bananas, you may need to add a Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154766984116577889.post-50011793884175082762013-01-16T10:53:00.003+00:002013-01-16T11:10:19.679+00:00Adventures in breadmakingAfter baking 2 dismal bread pancakes following the instructions that came with my Morphy Richards bread maker and the gluten free setting....I found some recipes online and tweaked a bit.
Here is my flax rice bread which is the tastiest so far (click to enlarge). Slice on the day it is made and toast on subsequent days straight from fridge or freezer.
I beat ingredients into a batter with a Gluten-free Mama UKnoreply@blogger.com